3:12 Jerusalem shall become heaps. These terrible prophesies against Jerusalem, like those against Samaria (Micah 1:6) would eventually be fulfilled. It would not be fulfilled by the Assyrians, however, because of the prayer of Hezekiah (II Chronicles 32:20-22), but much later by the Babylonians (II Chronicles 36:17-19; II Kings 25:8-12).